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Giant turbine blades for North Sea wind farm arrive at port

The first giant blades for a North Sea wind farm have arrived at the outer harbour at Great Yarmouth.

Four blades, each close to 100ft (30m) long, built by electrical giant Siemens were unloaded earlier this week.

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They are destined for the 158 turbine
Galloper wind farm
off the Suffolk coast and will be hoisted on to 250ft (85m) towers which come in three sections and stand on deep foundations.

Port manager Richard Goffin said: "Great Yarmouth is now open as the construction base for North Sea wind farms."

The town had seen considerable investment in new sustainable energy ventures.

Peter Wright, Great Yarmouth Borough Council's economic development officer, said last year: "Great Yarmouth is already world renowned as England's offshore energy sector capital and this investment reflects confidence in the local economy, the skills of the workforce, the port facilities and the borough's status as a Centre of Offshore Renewable Engineering."

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Trust's £200k boost for education research

A west Suffolk education trust which runs 15 schools has been given £200,000 to become the first official "research school" in the east of England.

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The
Samuel Ward Academy Trust
is responsible for teaching about 8,000 pupils in Haverhill, Newmarket, Sudbury and Bury St Edmunds.

It has been named as one of six new research schools, or groups of schools, in the country.

The money will allow the trust to use research-based approaches to improve pupil achievements.

Howard Lay, chief executive of the trust, said: "This is excellent news for the east of England because it will enable the Samuel Ward Academy Trust, in partnership with others, to stimulate educational innovation in order to raise standards and outcomes.

"This research grant will enable us to ground practice in theory that works for all young people."

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Union says teachers and staff 'can see parallels with BHS'

The Suffolk branch of the National Union of Teachers has raised concerns over
the financial mismanagement complaints
leveled at the Academy Transformation Trust – stating that staff "can see parallels with BHS".